Physics P506/P507
Electricity and Magnetism I-II - Fall 2009/Spring 2010
Course WWW home page: http://physics.indiana.edu/~berger/p506_fall2009/p506.html
TR 1:25-3:20PM (Section 6251)
Swain West 217
Instructor: Mike Berger
Phone: (812) 855-2609
Email: berger@indiana.edu
WWW: http://media4.physics.indiana.edu/~berger/aboutme.html
Office Hours: Wednesday:1:30-3:30pm, or by appt.
Electricity and Magnetism I-II (P506-P507)
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Text
Classical Electrodynamics (3rd Ed.)
by John David Jackson
Contents
Introduction to Electrostatics
Boundary-Value Problems in Electrostatics I
Boundary-Value Problems in Electrostatics II
Multipoles, Electrostatics of Macroscopic Media, Dielectrics
Magnetostatics, Faraday's Law, Quasi-Static Fields
Maxwell Equations, Macroscopic Electromagnetism, Conservation Laws
Plane Electromagnetic Waves and Wave Propagation
Waveguides, Resonant Cavities, and Optical Fibers
Radiating Systems, Multipole Fields and Radiation
Scattering and Diffraction
Special Theory of Relativity
Dynamics of Relativistic Particles and Electromagnetic Fields
Collisions, Energy Loss, and Scattering of Charged Particles, Cherenkov and Transition Radiation
Radiation by Moving Charges
Bremsstrahlung, Method of Virtual Quanta, Radiative Beta Processes
Radiation Damping, Classical Models of Charged Particles
Other Useful Reference
Material
David Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics (Prentice Hall), undergraduate level.
L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, The Classical Theory of Fields, (Pergamon).
L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz and L.P. Pitaevskii, Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, (Pergamon).
Problem Sets
Problem Sets will typically be due on Thursdays.
Problem Set 1
Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
Problem Set 4
Problem Set 5
Problem Set 6
Exam I, Thursday, October 22
Problem Set 7
Problem Set 8
Problem Set 9
Problem Set 10
Grades
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Grader
Ruizi Li
Finite Difference Method
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